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DEVELOPING: SEBELIUS-HEALTH OVERHAUL, NU BUDGET, BBC–COLLEGE WORLD SERIES,
ADDS: EXPERIENCE WORKS,
SEBELIUS-HEALTH OVERHAUL
OMAHA—U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says Americans must meet their health care challenges and reform the system so that it offers more choices and balances costs. Sebelius visited Omaha Friday and spent an hour explaining President Barack Obama’s health reform ideas to a group of 10 Nebraskans. By Josh Funk. Eds: Will be led after 1:30 p.m. news conference and hospital tour.
AP Photo NENH110 by Nati Harnik
NU BUDGET
LINCOLN—The University of Nebraska Board of Regents is set to vote on a proposed budget that includes a tuition increase that would be the smallest in a decade. The 4 percent increase in tuition would affect all NU undergraduates. By Nate Jenkins.
BUSINESS
EXPERIENCE WORKS
BEATRICE—When the economy seizes the job of an older American, Experience Works steps in to help. The organization, formerly known as Green Thumb, helps Americans age 55 and older who have lost their jobs and are living at 125 percent of poverty level. A Nebraskaland Feature by Chris Dunker of the Beatrice Daily Sun.
SPORTS:
BBC–COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
OMAHA—Texas is making a record 33rd appearance in the College World Series, and coach Augie Garrido is making his 13th trip to Omaha. But the 2009 Longhorns are short on experience on Division I baseball’s biggest stage. They have none, in fact. Texas is in the CWS for the first time since 2005, and no current player has suited up for a game at Rosenblatt Stadium. By Eric Olson. Eds: Developing from 2 p.m. news conference.
AP Photos.
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BBC–College World Series Notebook.
ALSO:
— MAVERICKS COACH—Dean Blais has resigned as head coach and general manager of the United States Hockey League’s Fargo Force. Blais is reported to be in line to coach the University of Nebraska-Omaha hockey team.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— CRAWFORD SHOOTING—The 79-year-old grandfather of a teen shot and killed by police has been accused of threatening one of the officers involved in the boy’s death.
— HUSBAND CONVICTED—The husband of a rural southeast Nebraska woman missing since April last year has been given several prison terms in an unrelated case.
— SEVERE WEATHER-COLLEGE—Classes have resumed at Western Nebraska Community College in Scottsbluff, but water damage from severe storms this week means the library remains closed.
— STADIUM LAWSUIT—A lawyer for the University of Nebraska says performance issues are at the base of its dispute with a contractor that seeks nearly $64,000 in a lawsuit.
— VEHICULAR HOMICIDE—A young Grand Island man faces a vehicular homicide charge when he returns to court next month.
— SEX OFFENDER ACCUSED—A 21-year-old registered sex offender from Malcolm has been accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.
— GIRL SCOUT ICE CREAM—Dairy Queen has developed another Girl Scout cookie flavored treat after serving more than 10 million Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookie Blizzards last year.
— TOBACCO-NEBRASKA—Both of Nebraska’s U.S. senators have voted for a bill intended to drastically curtail tobacco ads and ban candied tobacco products aimed at young people.
— VA RESOURCE CENTER—The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded $4.1 million to an Omaha-based VA unit to establish a new health care resource center.
The AP, Omaha.
